Monday, June 23, 2014

This week we had 22 lessons!!!! We worked so hard to
have 22 lessons and we finally made our goal...last night. We biked over
60 miles and walked 4 (Sister R got a flat tire so we had to walk while it
was being fixed). The wind was crazy last week; on Wednesday the
gusts of wind got up to 65mph. Try riding a bike in that. I felt
like I just kept pedaling, but got nowhere. My calves of steel are
starting to come in...I can feel it.

Our investigators are doing well. Jackie is planning
to get baptized at the end of next month!!!! We don't have a date yet,
but the week her husband is in town she said she'll be baptized. I'm so
excited...it's getting closer. Charlie is still trying to stop smoking,
but he is coming to church and starting to understand more. We hope he
can stop smoking soon so he can get baptized. Keep him in your prayers
please. Wendy, our Ward Mission Leader's girlfriend, is progressing
too. She is starting to ask some really good questions and is praying
about the Book of Mormon. We hope to be able to follow the Spirit next
time we teach her and answer all her questions. She is awesome.

Remember to always be grateful for the trials we have.
I have been frustrated with not having a car, but on Sunday someone said
something that caught my attention. They said, "The stars are always
there, but we only notice them when it's dark". How true is
that? I'm so blessed, but sometimes my world needs to get a little dark
for me to realize how blessed I really am. Overall I'm doing pretty
good. Biking is hard, but it's also good exercise. Sister Rietz and
I get along great and we talk while we ride our bikes so at least it's not
super boring :) We even biked up the Newhall Hill this week...the whole
way! Normally we walk up half of it so that was an accomplishment!

I hope everyone is having a great summer. I love and
miss you guys,

Sister Moon

Picture:

So there are shopping carts everywhere!!!! We decided
to have a little fun instead of exercising.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

This week we had 18 lessons and biked 49 miles in 40mph
winds. It was crazyyyyy. We are so sore and tired all the time, but
we found a new investigator while we were riding this week so that was
AWESOME!! We stopped on our bikes and started talking to her. We
taught her the whole Restoration and she said she understood and wanted us to
come back. Her name is April...she's so sweet.

We also helped Wendy, one of our investigators, pull out a
stump from her yard. It seemed impossible at the beginning, but we kept
doing the little things over and over and BAM the stump came out.
"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass"
:) She was so grateful for our help. Needless to say, we had fun
doing it even if it was at 7:20 in the morning :)

We also helped Bonny learn how to ride a bike. She is
a slow learner and her grandmother (Sister Hansen-the one we help in the yard
all the time) can't help her do certain things. It was super awesome to
see her learn and how excited she got when she actually did it!

Ok so this week we almost died. Mom maybe you
shouldn't read this. We were just riding our bikes up the street when
this car comes wayyyy over and almost hits up. We were by a school and we
were in the bus loading zone (and school was out so it was empty). The
car came way over like 10 feet out of his lane then quickly swerves out of the
way. We looked at the guy and he had his mouth wide open and he was
passed out. He was swerving all over the road. We didn't know what
to do. Some truck came and asked if we were ok and then chased the guy
down. We biked about 2 minutes up the street and there was this lady
outside totally freaking out. Apparently this guy had ran over a
"stop ahead" sign. He totally plowed it into the ground.
We have no idea what happened to this guy, but we do know that the Lord keeps
His missionaries safe.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

I met my new companion this week! Her name is Sister
R and she's from Northern Idaho. She plays tennis and she is one day
older than me :) We are getting along just fine. Don't worry she
DOES know how to ride a bike, which is great because we don't have a car
anymore. We met each other Wednesday afternoon and began proselyting Thursday.
We rode 38 miles so far. We are looking forward to this next week :)

We taught 15 lessons this week, which isn't the best, but
it's also not the worst so hopefully next week will be better. We are
still getting used to the whole "no car" thing. This week we
will focus on getting more members to come with us to our lessons! That
way we can help them increase their testimony of missionary work, and we can
get rides :) It's getting pretty hot here (Yesterday was 103 degrees)!

I also had the opportunity to give a talk in sacrament
meeting yesterday! I spoke on sacrifice and why we need to sacrifice
ourselves in order to progress and succeed. I focused it on the Doctrine
of Christ and explained that we have to sacrifice things in order to have
faith, repent, be baptized and keep those covenants, be worthy of the Holy
Ghost, and endure to the end. Once we do these things we can have eternal
life, which is success. One of my favorite quotes from True to the Faith
is, "With an eternal perspective, you can see that giving up the things of
the world is really no sacrifice at all. The blessings you receive are
greater than anything you ever give up".

We had a Relief Society lesson on the importance of
scripture study. "The scriptures are the key to your spiritual protection".
One of the apostles said, "There was a time we could've gotten away with
no Family Home Evening or scripture study. That time is OVER".
The world is getting harder and harder to live in, but we have the scriptures
to help us through these times. Life is an open book test. Read the
scriptures everyday and you will receive the answers to the questions you
have. I know this because I've received answers to my questions. I
hope everyone has a great week filled with scripture study!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Sister S and I are no longer together, but I WILL BE
TRAINING A NEW MISSIONARY!!!! She gets here on Wednesday, so I have no
idea who she is. I am staying with a temporary companion (Sister
H) until Wednesday. I am staying in the A Ward, so I'm
super happy about that. They also took our car away so I hope my new
companion can ride a bike :) In a few months I will be super tan and have
calves of steel :) I am very excited, but also very nervous...

My ast week with Sister S was great! We had 22
lessons!!!! We also said goodbye to a ton of people. Sister S
had been in the ward for over 8 months so it was really hard to let go. I
hope I stay in the ward for a long time, just like Sister S. I just
hope I don't accumulate as much stuff as she did. You know how we are
supposed to have 2 suitcases? Yeah well I packed the car for Sister
S last night and this morning and I put 5 suitcases in the car, 1 giant
box of papers, and 5 bags full of other random stuff. We filled the whole
trunk and back seats! Plus she had a blanket, pillow, and bike :/.
It was hilarious!

This week we also went on exchanges...kinda. Sister
S and I hate exchanges so we told them we could only do it for 4
hours, so we did that. And now Sister S is going to be a Sister
Training Leader so she will go on exchanges like 2 times a week...that's
going to be rough :) I went with Sister P to Silver Lakes for a few
hours and we had fun. We didn't teach anyone so that was sad, but Sister
P is pretty cool :)

Oh and do you remember Nelson? He was one of our
investigators, and we gave him to the Elders when we split the area.
Well, they said he wasn't progressing so they dropped him 2 weeks after they
got here (LAME). Before Sister S left we went to say goodbye and
invited him to church! He came to church yesterday and enjoyed it! Woot
Woot!! We took a picture with him, just in case he gets famous one day!

Well I go pick up my new companion on Wednesday so please be
praying that I get one that is AWESOME! Next week I'll let you know who
it is. Always remember that Satan keeps picking on our weak points until
he wins, so let's all make our weak points strong through Christ (Ether
12:27). Hope everyone has a great week!